Vehicle.



L. WITKOWSKI.

VEHICLE.

APPLICATION r1150 OCT. 24.. 1910.-

Patented June 13, 1916.

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LEON WITKOVSKI, OF NEW YORK, Ni Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1916.

Application filed October 24, 1910. Seria1No. 588,805.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON WVrrKowsKI, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in vehicles and has particular reference to vehicles of a class generally known as dumping wagons, particularly those employed for carting ashes, etc.

In removing ashes it is customary to drive the cart through the streets and dump the ashes from barrels and other receptacles into the cart. This causes clouds of dust torise and spread into the houses.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a suitable hood or canopy to cover the cart so that either side or the back can be lifted the required height for dumping ashes, etc.

the accompanying drawings a side elevation of a dumping cart partly broken away illus trating an application of my invention and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. is the body of the cart, l the usual shafts and 5 the wheels thereof.

6 are uprights secured in the front of the cart and extending rearwardly over the same providing support for the wings 7. These wlngs are preferably provlded wlth cross pieces such as 9 and 10 forming hinge 1n presence of two wltnesses.

bearings for the wings in which the rods 11 may be mounted. These rods are preferably bent at right angles at the front and to the ends may be secured suitable straps such as 13 or other means for operating the same may be employed so that by pulling i To this end I have shown in Figure 1 in the straps the wings can be elevated or dropped at will. When in the elevated posit1on,- these straps may be held by suitable projections or hooks.

j 19 is another bar at the back of the supports 6 adapted to provide hinge bearing for the rear wing 20 which may also be elevated or dropped by the strap 21 which may be secured to a projectionsuch as 22.

It will be understood that each of the wings arecovered with canvas or other suitable material and the sameapplies to the front of the canopy behind the driver. The canvas also preferably extends below the edge of the wing to thetop of the wagon and is preferably provided with, a weighted rod such as 23 to prevent it being blown open. Straps such as 9A and 25 may also be provided to hold the canopy down in case of wind.

Of course it will be understood that vari-. ous modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the claim.

I'claim:

In a vehicle of the class described, a removable cover therefor having a stationary rectangular central portion, curved sides and back hinged thereto, said sides and back also curved at adjacent edges, means combination with said. sides and back for lifting the same independently from the front 7 LEON wrrKowsKI.

Witnesses:

LoUIsn ENDERLE, THOMAS A. HILL,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the commissioler ot Patents.

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